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The Euro was officially created on 1st January 1999.

At that date the exchange rate between the old currencies and the Euro was fixed, and banking was done in Euros. The old notes and coins continued to circulate, even though (legally) a 10 DM note was actually a € 10/1.95583 note.

Euro notes and coins were first issued on 1st January 2002.

In the following months the old notes and coins were withdrawn from circulation.

Since then other countries have adopted the Euro. See the table below for a full list.

CurrencyExchange rate to EuroAdopted Euro

Austrian schilling13.760301/01/1999Belgian franc40.339901/01/1999Cypriot pound0.58527401/01/2008Dutch guilder2.2037101/01/1999Estonian kroon15.646601/01/2011Finnish markka5.9457301/01/1999French franc6.5595701/01/1999German mark1.9558301/01/1999Greek drachma340.7501/01/2001Irish pound0.78756401/01/1999Italian lira1936.2701/01/1999Luxembourgish franc40.339901/01/1999Maltese lira0.429301/01/2008Portuguese escudo200.48201/01/1999Slovak koruna30.12601/01/2009Slovenian tolar239.6401/01/2007Spanish peseta166.38601/01/1999

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